Samsung ordered to pay $1bn after patent ruling as Apple seeks US ban

Samsung has been ordered to pay Apple a whopping $1.05bn (£665m) in damages after a US jury ruled it had infringed on its rival’s intellectual property.

Samsung’s products (right) were said to be too close to the design of Apple’s iconic iPhones (Picture: AP)

It was ruled that a number of Samsung handsets, including its Galaxy S 4G device, infringed on Apple’s design patents when it came to the look of the iPhone. This included the way it displays text and icons.Furthermore, it said the South Korean tech giant’s models copied the bounce-back response in Apple’s iOS, without having a licence to do so, as well as using its tap-to-zoom feature.The jury rejected claims by Samsung saying that a number of its own patents had been breached by Apple, and it received no damages.This means that Apple could apply for an import ban of some Samsung products, effectively blocking them from the US market, which Samsung said would be ‘a loss for the American consumer’.‘It will lead to fewer choices, less innovation, and potentially higher prices,’ it said.

However, not all Apple’s claims were upheld, as the tech titan was seeking a total of $2.5bn (£1.6bn) in damages, while Samsung had tried to claim $519m.

Samsung had unsuccessfully made the case that Apple had copied a number of its own features, including listening to background music on a device while carrying out other tasks, and amalgamating a phone, digital camera and email into one device.